Your Netflix Habit Is Shrinking Your Brain: What 20 Years of TV Data Reveals About Dementia Risk

A landmark 20-year study has found that people who watched TV "very often" during midlife developed smaller brain volumes in regions linked to memory and showed white matter damage associated with dementia — and it's not just about sitting still. Published by researchers at USC Dornsife, the study tracked 1,700 adults (average age 53) from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and scanned their brains decades later, revealing widespread structural differences...